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立即,不久;简略地,简言之

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shortly \Short"ly\, adv. [AS. sceortlice.]
   1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
      --Chaucer.

            I shall grow jealous of you shortly.  --Shak.

            The armies came shortly in view of each other.
                                                  --Clarendon.

   2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express
      ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.

资料来源 : WordNet®

shortly
     adv 1: for a short time; "he was at the airport shortly before she
            was expected to arrive" [syn: {not long}]
     2: in the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the
        book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently";
        "we should have news before long" [syn: {soon}, {presently},
         {before long}]
     3: in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me
        curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with
        everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it" [syn:
        {curtly}, {short}]
     4: in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed
        up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly";
        "briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly" [syn: {concisely},
         {briefly}, {in brief}, {in short}]
     5: at a short distance; "the hem fell shortly below her knees"
        [syn: {not far}]